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Junior Cycle History: The Reformation
How often The Reformation comes up on the History papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.
CL Asked on 2 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2025.
The Reformation, Common Level(6 marks)
Quick ones on The Reformation.
(a)Which preacher's sale of indulgences angered Martin Luther in 1517?
- John Calvin
- Johann Tetzel
- Ignatius Loyola
(b)In the time of Luther, what was an indulgence?
- A book of Catholic prayers
- A tax paid to the king for land
- A pardon to cut time in Purgatory
(c)The Catholic Church's own reform and response to Protestantism is called the…
- Counter-Reformation
- Enlightenment
- Renaissance
Show the answers
(a) Johann Tetzel
(b) A pardon to cut time in Purgatory
(c) Counter-Reformation
Common Level
Asked on 2 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2025.
Every paper, year by year
| Year | Where it came up |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Not asked |
| 2025 | Q2 |
| 2024 | Not asked |
| 2023 | Q2 |
| 2022 | Not asked |
Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.
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